Drilling the Well

Always gungho about a project, we decided to drill a well on the property even though were weren't going to build for some time.  Since the town was in the midst of losing its water rights, we purchased our water rights from the State of Utah.  For a $50 application fee and some paperwork, we were granted 6.14 acre feet of water for our little piece of paradise.  This is enough water to irrigate 1 acre of land and support one residential unit.  With our water rights in hand, we obtained a well permit, researched the water table issues, had the land water witched, and picked a spot to drill.  After 200' of drilling we hit about 10 gallons per minute of water.  Not the "motherload" as I was hoping, but sufficient water for our needs.  What a relief to know we have WATER.  Under Utah law, water rights are granted under a use it or lose it policy, so we had 6 years to put our water to beneficial use.